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THE BIG CHANCE
By FREDERICK LAINO
TTE WASN'T the kind to pick •
secretary by the color of her
hair. Not Bill Hargrave. Both
Paula and Nancy had been smart
«nough to know that. And for some
time every one in the office had
known that one of them. Paula or
Nancy, was going to get the job.
In fact, the decision probably would
come through this afternoon. Har
grave was leaving town and wanted
to get it settled.
The two girls could see him from
their desks outside his office. May
be it was only a set of proof* for
the Zippo campaign that he was
looking at with cool, keen eyes. But
tor a moment his finger seemed to
pause above those two efficient lit
tle push-buttons. If he pressed the
left one, it would be Paula’s pulse
that would go into high speed.
Paula couldn’t keep her eyes off
that light on her desk. She kept
making mistakes in her typing and
nervously ripping the sheets out to
start fresh again.
She leaned across her typewriter
and said to Nancy: “The boss is all
dolled up today. Must be going on
a special trip with the new presi
dent of Zippo.”
She was just talking to relieve
her nervousness. Nancy took her
time about answering. She wasn’t
used to having Paula talk to her in
such an intimate tone. Not since
they’d learned a month ago that
they were both in line for a pro
motion, for the important job as
Bill Hargrave’s secretary.
“He does look nice,” she said,
finally.
Hargrave was young and out
side of office hours he was said
to be human. But that wasn't
why he’d gotten to be one of the
key men at Advertising, Inc. He
was quiet, and some of the boys
in the office hadn’t realized how
fast he was traveling until they
somehow happened to get in his
way.
The two girls saw him get up
from his desk and walk to the
doorway of his office. He stood
there with one hand in a pocket of
his double-breasted blue flannel
suit. There was a small white
flower _ in his buttonhole and the
usual keen, unrevealing smile on
his face.
“Did you send for the tickets?”
he asked Nancy.
"I got the tickets all right,” she
answered, “but . . .” and she tried
to smile in the same hard way the
boss did. She looked as hardboiled
as a white kitten. “But there Just
aren’t any staterooms to be had.”
she told him. “Not for love or
money.”
The boss was certainly disap
pointed. Anybody could see that.
"Suppose I try it?” Paula sug
gested quickly.
And for the next 10 minutes, half
the office force could hear Paula
telling the ticket agent where to
get off.
“Listen,” she said, “I don’t care
whose reservations you have to
cancel . . .”
Well, the job was worth going
after. There was the salary, for
one thing. And there was the pres
tige. The boss’ secretary knew a
lot of answers. And there were the
interesting people she got to talk
to. The big shots. And the boxes
of perfume, flowers and candy they
often left on her desk.
And there was Bill Hargrave for
a boss. Young and clever and at
tractive. That was a factor, too.
Because in the advertising business
you called the boss "Biiy’ and he
called his secretary “Nancy” or
“Paula,” and took her to dinner
on the expense account, on nights
when the work was late.
It was all strictly business, but it
seemed intimate and informal.
Both Paula and Nancy knew
about those dinners. Bill had tried
to be fair. He would ask Paula
to stay one night, and then it would
be Nancy’s turn the next.
But Paula had been smart. She'd
soon learned how impersonal Bill
Hargrave could be, even at those
intimate dinners. About as personal
She handed him the envelope.
It contained the two sets of
tickets. “That’s your stateroom
number on the ontside,” she said
crisply.
She had on a double-breasted blue
flannel suit something like Bill’s,
and it was clear he thought she
looked pretty smart in it.
“Don’t forget the time,” she add
ed, “eight fifteen."
Hargrave grinned. “So there
were no staterooms for love or
money, eh?”
He looked again at the number
of his stateroom and he put the
And for the next 10 minutes, half the office force could bear Paula
snappily telling the ticket agent where to get off.
as an ad that says.' “This means
you.” And she saw how much
harder to please he was during the
overtime hours — more irritable,
more apt to get that edge of com
plaint ii» his voice.
So when Nancy had said, “I don’t
mind staying nights, really. I know
Paula usually has a date. She’s
popular with the men . . .” well,
Paula had been glad to let it go
at that. She’d been quick to see
that neither of them was going to
get the Job mainly on sex appeal,
and she was right.
Paula didn’t need any lessons
when it came to office politics. She
was the one who was always busy
when some copy cub wanted his
stuff typed. “Sorry, but it’s impos
sible, Mac. Why not ask Nancy?"
And they did. It left Paula free
to do Bill Hargrave’s work in a
hurry. Never too busy for Mr.
Bill.
When Hargrave finally pressed
one of those buttons it was at
Paula’s desk that the light flick
ered. She started to make a grab
for her note book, but she whipped
out her mirror first. Then she
grabbed up her note book and an
envelope that was on the desk.
As for Nancy, what else could she
do but sit there with her pretty
blonde head bent over her type
writer? Nancy was a natural
blonde, and that seemed the best
way to describe her. She just
didn’t seem to know any tricks.
The moment Paula got inside Har
grave’s office, he asked about that
stateroom.
"Any luck, Paula?”
No, Paula hadn't been dumb. It
was the little things that would add
with Mr. Bill. Orchestra seats
when the client was in town and
the show was sold out. Or a state
room when there were “no state
rooms to be had for love or
money.”
envelope carefully in his inside
pocket.
Then he told her. She had a new
job. He mentioned the salary, too.
He didn’t neglect to mention the
salary.
She took it just right. Just enough
of gratitude. And then, the old
sportsmanship. How sorry she felt
about Nancy. She didn’t look sorry.
And neither did Bill. He told her
it was okay, that Nancy wasn’t
made for the job anyway, and that
they were leaving on their honey
moon tonight. Tonight, at eight
fifteen.
Jhkkb Qifi Jjuuu
By NANCY PEPPER •
Wise Guise
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own favorite Joe and, if he can
take a hlnfc he’U come around next
weekend looking
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zine. It’s about
time we told the
boys how yon felt
about their
clothes, anyway.
They certainly
haven’t stopped
telling you ever
since the “new look.”
CORDUROY COMMOTION — By
actual survey, we find that you high
school Jills think every boy looks
his best in a corduroy jacket. You’re
partial to the light tan jobs, worn
with sharp slacks. You also like to
date something in a three-quarter
length corduroy coat. And, with his
letter sweater, you think yellow
corduroy slacks make him look as
suave as Rory Calhoun.
BEAUX WITHOUT BOWS — The
majority of tenn-age girls vote
against bow ties—but go all out for
wild four-in-hand ties that light up
the dark without benefit of electric
ity. On his ties you like one of
those new clasps that looks as if it
had been pierced right through the
fabric. In fact, you like them so
much that you’re begging, borrow
ing, or stealing them from him.
Well, if at first you don’t succeed
when you ask for one—Just cry,
cry again!
LET’S FACE IT
Parties will be disappointing.
Until with this you’ve coped:
They can never be as good
As in advance you’d hoped.
BRING ’EM BACK ALIVE!
The revival of “Gone With the
Wind” has made lots of you won
der where are the movies of yes
teryear, and why doesn’t someone
bring them back. When you enjoy
a book you read it over and over.
How many times have you read
“Seventeenth Summer?” But, when
you enjoy a movie—it’s usually only
the memory that lingers on; the
movie, itself, disappears like yes
terday’s snow. According to a re
cent soda fountain survey, here are
the epics you’d like to eat popccfm
through again.
“STATE FAIR”—Jeanne was so
lovely—and there must be a word
for Dana, but we can’t think of
it Then, there’s that music!
“JOLSON STORY”—It’s practically
everyone's choice for a revival
at least once a month.
“MRS. MINIVER” — You’ll even
forgive Greer for “Desire Me” if
she’ll bring the Minivers back to
town with her.
Well, when it comes to movies—
one good showing deserves another.
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel S4:ll-H. 22-31;
Daniel 7:13-14; Zecharlab 3:2-10; 0:12-13;
9:0-10; 12:10; 13:1; John 10:14.
DEVOTIONAL READING: Luke 1:4*-
IS.
The Hope For The Messiah
Lesson for June 20, 1948
T HE hope for the Messiah first
revealed to Adam in Genesis
3:15, and repeated to Abraham,
Moses, David and Isaiah, was now
proclaimed through
Ezekiel, Daniel and
Zechariah.
Here we have the
hope of preserva
tion, the hope of
peace, the hope of
security, the hope of
usefulness, the hope
of deliverance, the
hope of dominion,
the hope of service,
the hope of sover
eignty, the hope, of
redemption and the
hope of purification.
Dr. Newtoa
A PROMISE FROM GOD
T HIS is no fancied scheme of
man. It is God’s clear promise.
“Therefore will I save my flock, and
I will set up one Shepherd over
them, and he shall feed them . , .
and I the Lord have spoken it”
God goes on to promise them
peace by ridding them of danger,
and security through his blessing
upon the land. “There shall be
showers of blessing.”
. * *
LOOKING FOR A BETTER WAY
L ONG had the people looked for
a better way. Now God would
provide that better way. It would
be vouched safe unto them through
the Good Shepherd. He knows tile
way, he holds the key.
The wistful hearts of the people
must have been lifted up as Ezekiel
and Zechariah shouted their prophe
cies of the coming Messiah. Many
of these very passages have been
used for the anthems which our
choirs sing today. Well may every
Christian employ them to tell of that
better way in the midst of this
troubled, changing world about us.
...
DANIEL’S DREAM OF
THE DELIVERER
T HE passage in Daniel is reso
nant with hope. “I saw in the
night visions, and, behold, one like
the Son of man came with the clouds
of heaven.” This dream of Daniel
was a vision of the Messiah, bring
ing dominion, glory and a kingdom
—a kingdom for all people, nations
and languages. It is the universal
hopes of the ages, brought nearer
through this inspired vision of the
prophet. “For unto us a child is
born, and unto us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon
his shoulder; and his name shall
be called Wonderful, Counsellor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father.
Prince of Peace.”
This vision of the coming Messiah
set every bell ringing in the heart
of humanity.
...
SAVIOUR AND KING FOREVER
A LL THE promises are embodied
in these passages—Jesus the
Saviour, Jesus the King, Jesus the
Sanctifier. Here was hope for the
Jews, and for all mankind. It was
proclaimed through Jewish prophets,
and Jesus was bom of a Jewish
mother. Favored, indeed, was that
race. And although there be many
who have rejected the Messiah, he
fulfills the deepest meaning of ev-
evry man’s hope.
» With Charles Wesley we sing:
Hail, thou long-expected Jesus,
Bom to set thy people free;
From our sins and fears release us,
Let us find our rest in thee.
Bom thy people to deliver,
Born a child, and yet a King,
Bom to reign in us forever,
Now thy gracious kingdom bring.
(Copyright by the International Council
ot Religious Education on behali ot 40
Protestant denominations. Released by
WNV Features.)
Christian Generosity
On occasions a collection is taken
in a tavern designed to relieve some
man’s distress. For any such gen
erosity let us be thankful But let
us also remember that that sort of
thing is Alone only occasionally in
a liquor joint and it is the regular
habit in a church.—Roy L. Smith.
No Grim Struggle
To become a musician you don’t
grit your teeth for a grim struggle.
The basic fact for successful living
is that life is eager to serve you.
Approach it, then, in faith. “Fear
not, little flock, it is your Father’s
good pleasure to give you the king,
dom!”—Virgil Kraft
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Cause Big Damage in India
NEW DELHI.—To various minor
, 'tribulations of Free India now are
added problems of marauding wild
elephants and the approaching ex
tinction of the scaly anteater.
The anteater is a pet of farmers
because it devours destructive white
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Both of these odd varieties of nat
ural history are occurring in agricul
tural areas of the United Provinces,
according to newspaper reports
from there.
Wild elephants, the slaughter of
which has been banned for several,
years, have multiplied greatly.
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